Stephan named director of communications

Nov. 29, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas- Lutheran Social Services recently hired Tom Stephan as the new director of communications.

Stephan received his bachelor's degree in communications and English from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and graduated with a master of fine arts in performance from the University of Montana. Before pursuing his master's, Stephan worked for the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi as the writer and editor of the station's newspaper.

In addition to writing and editing, Stephan also specializes in art design, public relations and copywriting. Working at LSS will allow Stephan to use all his skills at once.

"Previous jobs usually specialized in one area, such as editing, writing, public relations or graphic design," Stephan said. "Now that I'm with LSS, I can use everything I have learned over the years."

Stephan heard about LSS after returning to Texas to spend more time with his family.

"After living so far away from home, I started to realize the value my family had to me," said Stephan. "I wanted to give something back to show my appreciation for everything they've done for me."

"LSS is really about creating families, which provides me with the inspiration and excitement to go to work in the morning," Stephan said.

Stephan takes pride in the LSS mission to serve the children, elderly and poor. LSS is the social service arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. LSS affiliated ministries serve more than 35,000 children, elderly and poor in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include therapeutic foster care, adoption, children's residential treatment centers, disaster response, emergency assistance, senior health care, retirement communities and adult day care.

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